1. Treatment of Hypertension: Evaluation and Management of Resistant Hypertension.
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Evaluation and treatment of resistant hypertension.
Hypertension is a major cause and contributor to stroke, heart and kidney disease. Despite the development of an arsenal of medication to treat hypertension over the past half-century, adequate treatment continues to be a major problem in the United States. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III) shows that only 29% of hypertensive patients reach a blood pressure...
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1 Department of Hypertension and Nephrology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2 Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Correspondência para: Eduardo Pimenta, MD. 933 19th Street South, Room 115. Birmingham, AL 35294. Fone: (205) 934-9281; Fax: (205) 934-1302. E-mail: [email protected] Recebid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.101.707